Macon Youth Development Campus

Set in Macon, Georgia, Macon Youth Development Campus is a very small four-year high school, operated by Department of Juvenile Justice. It works with 36 students across grades 5 through 12. That puts it 97% smaller than the typical public school in Georgia, which averages around 1,120 students.

Department of Juvenile Justice runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 410 students. Macon Youth Development Campus is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Macon Youth Development Campus lists that nearly all students (89%) are Black. Other groups include 8% White, 3% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.2:1 average. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Bibb County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, census data for Bibb County shows the typical household earns roughly $51,234 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 20%. Across Bibb County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,725 students), Macon Youth Development Campus is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Macon Regional Youth Detention Center, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Macon Youth Development Campus has increased 24%, going from 29 students in 2018 to 36 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 69% to 89% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 5.8:1 in 2018 to 7.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.